Help with outreach! Print out this flyer or send it over the internet./Josh Graupera
Ways to Get Involved
- Register for Appalachia Rising!
- Contact Your Area Mobilizer
- Become a Mobilizer
- Organizational Endorsement & Support
- Submit Art & Writing
Contact Your Area Mobilizer
- National Field Coordinator:Jessie Dodson at jessiedodson@gmail.com
- Connecticut Contact: Paul Blasenheim at pblasenheim@gmail.com
- D.C. Contact: James Ploesner at james.ploeser@gmail.com AND Kate Finneran at kaitlinfinneran@gmail.com
- Florida Contact: Joe Witt at jwitt8@gmail.com
- Illinois Contact: Parson Brown at parson@toplessamerica.org
- Kentucky Contact: Martin Mudd at martin.mudd@gmail.com
- Maryland Contact: Aaron French at french.aaron@gmail.com
- Massachusetts Contact: Rana Xavier at shoot.rana.x@gmail.com
- Worcester, Mass: Steph Richardson at steff07438@gmail.com
- Michigan Contact: Rachel Long at rachelnicolelong@gmail.com
- Missouri Contact: Tiger Michelson at tigerose@riseup.net
- New York City Contact: Sarah Moon at sarahmoon@gmail.com
- Boone, North Carolina Contact: Maeve Gould at memgould@gmail.com
- Asheville, North Carolina Contact: Matt Wallace at bloodroot@riseup.net
- North Dakota/Montana: Patti Holly at kwgrlup@ndsupernet.com
- Ohio contact: Spruce at mountainmist4@yahoo.com
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Contact: Robin Markle at robinmarkle@gmail.com
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Contact: Angela Wiley at wileya120@gmail.com
- Rhode Island Contact: Becca Rast at becca.rast@gmail.com
- Tennessee Contacts: Ash-Lee at hendersonaw@gmail.com or Audra McCurry at amdancingheart@gmail.com
- Harrisonburg, Virginia Contact: Lara Mack at lcmack4286@gmail.com
- Richmond, Virginia Contact: Jessie Dodson at jessiedodson@gmail.com
- Wise County, Virginia: Jasper Conner at gjasperconner@gmail.com
- Blacksburg, Virginia: Beth Wellington at beth.wellington@gmail.com
- Floyd, Virginia Contact: Tree at sequoiadendronn@riseup.net
- West Virginia Contact: Andrew Munn at anromu@gmail.com
- Beckley, West Virginia Contact: Adam Hall at adamh230@yahoo.com
- Northern West Virginia Contact: Laura Steepleton at lnsteep@gmail.com
As a mobilizer, these are your responsibilities
- Spread information about Appalachia Rising in your network.
- Arrange transportation for your group with help from the hosting working group.
- Arrange housing for your group. The hosting working group will have a list of churches, schools, and other low cost housing options.
- Help your group navigate Washington, DC, if they are unfamiliar.
- Prepare your group for the Appalachia Rising Day of Action.
- Fund raise to make ends meet.
In doing all of this, you will receive support from the central organizing team. We offer:
- Logistical aid by connecting you with transportation companies and potential hosts.
- Materials to promote the event, and keep you in the loop with the latest updates.
- Support for fund raising through our network and event organizing advice. Ultimately, fundraising for transportation will be up to you.
- Trainings, speaking events, or workshops on mountaintop removal, non-violent civil disobedience, community organizing, and movement building topics in your community.
- Regular phone or email check ins when you want them.
We look forward to working with you!
Contact
andrew@crmw.net
Organizational Endorsement and Support
Fill out this form, and the central organizing team will contact you soon!
Submit Art & Writing
Voices from the Mountains will include a gallery show in the convergence space and readings as part of the evening entertainment. In addition, Stories from the Mountains is an online archive-in-progress of testimony, history, writing, art, photography related to the fight against mountaintop removal in Appalachia. Do you create work around mountaintop removal and sustainability in Appalachia? Submit it for the art show, reading and/or online archive! Contact dea.goblirsch@gmail.com